Cover title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s new handy map of Alaska showing new towns and gold fields, accompanied by a new map of North America showing relative position of Alaska to all parts of the continent. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. ...

Shows eastern tip of Asian continent, including Kamchatka with northwestern North America mostly blank west of Hudson's Bay. Includes notes on circumstances and veracity of various discoveries. Relief shown pictorially. From: Histoire generale...

Shows the Americas with California as an island and Greenland as part of a great polar continent. Sheet 1 of a two part set titled: Carte generale de toutes les costes du monde et les pays nouvellement decouvert, dressee sur les relations les plus...

Title from image. Photograph of Multnomah Falls, claiming it is a 620 foot drop. Narrative in photo album reads:"Two of many such falls along the Columbia River Highway. The bridge on the left (94-70-955) carries the highway; but on the...

Title from image. Photograph of Wahkeena Falls. Narrative in photo album reads:"Two of many such falls along the Columbia River Highway. The bridge on the left (94-70-955) carries the highway; but on the right (94-70-954) that bridge just...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows routes of various exploratory voyages. Land on the American continent north and east of Chukotka has the legend, "A great tract of land discovered in 1722 to which the Tzutzy fled when they were pursued by the...

The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...

Shows exploration routes in Siberia and Alaska. Shows western coast of Alaska, including Aleutian Islands. Includes governments and provinces in Siberia. Relief shown by hachures. Engraved by Jean-Baptise-Marie Chamouin. Written by Giraldon. From...

View of signs in Valdez, Alaska. Signs read: "Motel Valdez Alaska small boat launching area", and "Have fun at Valdez the Switzerland of Alaska. Valdez is the farthest north, ice free port, on the North American continent. Columbia Glacier &...

Title taken from caption. Aerial view of an Alaskan Air Command radar installation. From verso: "HQ AAC -- Early warning -- BMEWS Site 2, at Clear, Alaska boasts three AN/FPS-50 fixed detection radars. Clear was the second operational site in the...

View of Alaska Department of Highways sign with facts about Alaska posted on Alaska Highway, possibly near border between Alaska and Canada. Sign reads: "Alaska Department of Highways. Facts on Alaska. Alaska is twice as large as Texas, covering...

View of tourist on giant block of ice at Arctic Ocean, Point Barrow, Alaska. From verso: "Giant ice cakes are thrust up in pressure ridges on the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow. This photo shows a tourist by one of them. Many visitors this winter...

Title from image caption Five people in Native dress stand at entrance to store; a large American flag flies overhead Verso: "The station at Pt. Barrow, now Brower Trading Post. The most northerly point on the North American Continent....